Travel
A Fortnight in Naples. Translated by Helen Gerard.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. Small 8 vo. 165 x 110 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches]. xvii, 385, plus 4 pp. ads. Illustrated with 120 half tone images and 16 maps. Original green cloth, decorated in red on upper board;, scuffed with some..... More
The Complete Story of the Italian Earthquake Horror.
N. p., (J. T. Moss). 1909. Large 8vo. 235 x 175 mm., [9 1/4 x 7 inches]. 400 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs taken especially for this volume. Original cloth, with medallion of the Red Cross in center of the upper board and the title in gilt surrounding the..... More
Admiral of the Ocean Sea. A Life of Christopher Columbus. With an Introduction by Mauricio Obregon.
New York: Book of the Month Club, 1992. 8vo. 235 x 160. [9 1/4 x 6 inches]. xxviii, 682, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout with reproductions for early books and charts, chosen by Joan Paterson Kerr. Cloth with dust jacket; in original blue cloth box; cloth of box showing some discoloration. ..... More
A Traveller in Rome.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. x, 374 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white plates and maps of Rome on the endpapers. Original blue cloth, dust jacket; cloth very lightly faded with time and dust..... More
Picturesque Sicily. New and Revised Edition.
New York and Londong: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches]. xxiv, 385 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 48 half tone photographs. Original decorated publisher's cloth, some slight water damage to the upper cover.Account of Sicily at the turn of..... More
Firenze: Album di 40 Tavole.
ca. 1930. Oblong 4to. 240 x 320 mm., [9 ¼ x 12 ½ inches]. Illustrated with 40 photographic gravure reproductions. Bound in still paper wrappers, sewn with red cord; some discoloration of paper stock but sound and attractive copy. Souvenir of the City of Florence illustrated with the iconic sites..... More
De America.
Milano: Garzanti, 1953. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches]. xxiv, 523 pp. Illustrated with 32 photographic reproductions, one in color, the others in black and white. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, illustrated with an image of the NY skyline in gold on upper board, title..... More
Villa d'Este.
Cernobbio, Lake Como, Villa d'Este, 1960. 8vo. 210 x 155 mm., [8 1/4 x 6 inches]. 84, 1 pp. 12 tupped-in color plate reproductions. Original cloth binding, dust jacket; boards with residue of paper wrapper, dust jacket showing some discoloration at edges. With faults a good copy. Well-illustrated promotional guide..... More
Ricordo di Pompei.
N.p., (Pompei). N.d. (ca. 1950). Small 8vo. 165 x 120 mm., [6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches]. Illustrated with 32 color postcards, linked together in accordian fashion and bound in boards, decorated with a view of ancient Pompei and Blessed Virgin Mary.High gloss tourists cards printed in color, each with..... More
Vicennalia sacra peruuiana siue de viris peruulanis religione illustribus hisce viginti annis gloriosa morte functis
Ferrara: ex typographia Francisci Pomatelli, 1788. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., (8 x 5/1/2 inches). xvi, 200 pp. Twentieth century vellum over boards, title in ink on spine; title-page remargined, a few paper repairs in the text. First edition. In 1767, after nearly a century in Bolivia and Peru, the Jesuits..... More
Pasquale's Nose. Idle Days in an Italian Town.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Small 8vo. 200 x 130 mm., [7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. [x], 209 pp. Publisher's yellow boards, title on spine; dust jacket. First edition. An account of a travel to Sutri, an ancient Etruscan village, by an attorney escaping the high pressure of..... More
A Roman Pilgrimage
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1918]. With Sixteen Illustrations in Colour by William Pascoe and Eight others Illustrations. 8vo. 225 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 1/2 inches]. [xii], 274 pp., plus31 pp. ads for Methuen publications, dated February 1931. Bound in Original blue cloth, title in gilt set within..... More
Ciao, America! An Italian Discovers the U. S.. Translated by Giles Watson.
New York: Broadway Books, 2002. 8vo. 210 x 140 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. [10], 242, [3] pp. Original buff paper boards with red cloth spine, dust jacket. Price sticker on rear wrapper of dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy. First American edition, originally published in Italian..... More
The City of the Sea. Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. 8vo. pp. 481 - 501. Illustrated with wood engravings, including a map of Venice, four full-page architectural views, and nine wood engravings in the text. Original printed wrappers, chipped at spine but a sound an not unattractive copy.Anonymous twenty page description of Venice which..... More
Plain-Towns of Italy.
Boston: Houghton, Miffllin and Company, at the Riverside Press, 1911. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. xxiv, 603 pp. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and a folding map, and 58 photo reproductions printed on glossy paper in the text. Publisher’s decorated green cloth and spine;..... More
Plain-Towns of Italy. The Cities of Old Ventia.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. xxiv, 603 pp. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and a folding map, and 58 photo reproductions printed on glossy paper in the text. Publisher’s decorated green cloth and spine; showing minor..... More
Seasons in Baslicata. A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. xvi, 463 pp. Illustrated throughout by the author. Cream colored boards, orange spine; dust jacket. New fine copy. First edition. Yeadon, a writer for National Geographic, brought his narrative skills to the province of Basilicata in..... More